Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Retail and Fishery sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 3.98% or 26.0 points to trade at 680.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 3.42% or 102.0 points to end at 3085.0 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) was up 3.05% or 100.0 points to 3375.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which fell 16.09% or 267.0 points to trade at 1392.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 14.02% or 635.0 points to end at 3895.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) was down 7.71% or 159.0 points to 1903.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2087 to 1290 and 175 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.70% to 22.98.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.23% or 0.78 to $62.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.20% or 0.82 to hit $67.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 9.90 to trade at $1347.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.49% to 106.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 130.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.64.